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Show 00 OGDEN MEN CAN GET II 11 IE CONTRACTU There has been some criticism on account of so many foreigners working work-ing on the street railway. A Standard representative called on Superintendent Superintend-ent Kline and he said the only work the street car company was doing was-in Ogden canyon where fifteen men are engaged' and that Foreman West is doing his best to keep only home men on the job, but that over 100 men have been op the payroll in one week's time,. to keep men working work-ing dally. "That," said Superintendent Superintend-ent Kline, "'shows how eager we are tokeep home men on the jom, but they seem to quit after a day or two of work.'V. The worWn the city is done under contract by tlfe.O'Ncill company of Og-'den Og-'den and the Lyiich company of Salt Lake City and these companies put to work whoever shows'" .up each morning. S Manager Lynch himself "vas seen and asked hov he came to have -so many foreigners on the job? "Well,!' he said, "it just happens to work out that way,' that the work 1b hard and that the Americans quit '.in a day or two while th,e foreigners stick to the job. In that way the force soon consists of workmen who really want steady employment. It is all a case of showing up each morning for work, Mr. Lynch further said: "I take just what can get. The man who workB today has the first chance tomorrow morning, if he shows up on time. If any of the men are missing, we take the next man and naturally we would prefer the merlcan or home man, if he wants the job. We can not afford to discharge dis-charge a foreigner who has been fiithful .just because another man I wants to try the work. Wo can give trials only when some of the force quits. It is work we want out of men and anybody who shows up Is welcome to it whenever an opening exists." If any Ogden man wants to work for any of the abovo named contractors contrac-tors and ho can't get a chance, let him call on The Standard business manager and see if he can help him to a trial. That is nil a man seeking work should ask just a chance or trial to make good. J. P. O'Neill could not be found but his foreman explained the situation situa-tion much as' did Lynch. The Standard Is convinced that any OGDEN man who really wants steady work can have the first vacancy, either In Ogden canyon or with O'Neill or Lynch, but those contractors contrac-tors want workmen, not cigitrctto fiends or Idlers. |